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You should also provide the archive name for each computer, unless the archives are

targeted to Acronis Secure Zones or a backup server. Pressing the button to the right of the

name input field will assign to each archive the respective computer’s name.

5. Specify the usual backup settings: backup mode (full, incremental or differential), a

password for the backup archive (if necessary), default or custom backup options and

comment. For more information see

Chapter 6 Creating backup archives

6. Provide a name for the group task. The name will be displayed in the Group Tasks

Management window (see below) to allow quick task identification.

7. Select when you would like the task to be started. The scheduling procedure is almost the

same for individual and group tasks, see

Chapter 8. Scheduling tasks

for details.

8. If, for any reason (traffic limitation, for example), you do not want the task to start on all

computers simultaneously, set Start time shift parameter. The task will start on all

computers in turn, with the time shift you specify. As soon as you select time shift, the

resulting task start time for the first and the last computer will be displayed.

9. Now enter the username and password. It is supposed that accounts with the same

username and password exist on all computers of the group. In this case, the task will be

automatically distributed to the computers. Otherwise, you will be asked for the username

and password for every computer during the task distribution.

10. At the final step, the group task summary is displayed. Up to this point, you can click

Back to make changes in the created task.

Group task summary

11. After you click Proceed, Acronis True Image Management Console connects to every

computer of the group in turn to distribute the task. If a remote computer is inaccessible

(shut down, for example), a dialog box appears. In this box, choose Ignore to exclude the

computer from the group or Cancel to cancel the entire task.

When distribution is completed, the group task appears in Group Tasks Management

window. If you connect to any computer included into the group, you will see its individual

task, based on the group task you successfully created.